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Diet, Health and Fitness
GR Phelps Publishing: diet, health, fitness
Why do so many clever people eat so badly?
Over half of us are overweight. Almost none of us chose it. The food industry did, one cheap, clever, calorie-rich product at a time. That is the reason so many people struggle with their weight. It is not your fault. Getting out is your responsibility, and it is easier than you think. GR Phelps publishes four books that show you how: no diet, no sermon, one change a week.
· From business meetings to smarter eating.
For thirty years, I taught leaders how to make better decisions. Then I noticed the one decision I made three times a day and never questioned. And I was not alone. Good people eat bad food, and lots of it. Two-thirds of the UK population is overweight or obese.
Not your fault. Now your responsibility.
The food industry has spent sixty years and billions of pounds learning how you decide. It has engineered the bliss point of sugar, salt and fat. It prints health claims on products that deserve none. It knows your cravings better than you do, because it built them.
That is not a conspiracy. It is a business plan. And it works on clever people best of all, because clever people think they are immune.
I was one of them. Then I lost thirty kilograms, turned my blood results from red to green, and wrote down how.
The briefing you never received.
You Are What You Don't Eat takes the tools of the boardroom into the kitchen. It names the five worst offenders, one chapter each: sugary drinks, breakfast cereal, processed snacks, alcohol and fast food. It audits forty everyday eating habits, from the hotel breakfast to the sandwich at the desk. Every claim is sourced, logged and checked by a registered dietitian.
It ends with a ten-week escape plan. One change a week. Nothing to buy, nothing to weigh, nothing to resist.
No diet. No sermon. Nothing to sell.
Small books. Big habits.
Three practical companions follow on 5 February 2027: A Little Book of Quick, Easy, Healthy Meals, A Little Book of Everyday Exercise and A Little Book of Strength Training. Each one fits in a jacket pocket and a busy week.
Want the story told in person?
I give a free forty-five-minute talk, From Business Meetings to Smarter Eating, to companies, associations and staff networks across the UK. It is funny, it is frank, and nobody leaves with a diet sheet.